Veterans Day flights scheduled for today aboard the restored B-17 Flying Fortress "Aluminum Overcast" have been rescheduled for Wednesday, depending on the weather.

The News staff

Monday

Nov 10, 2008 at 12:01 AMNov 10, 2008 at 5:00 PM

Ground tours should still be available from 2 to 5 p.m. today, though those also will depend on the weather.

The plane, built in 1945, is parked on the tarmac at Wells Aircraft at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport, 1100 N. Airport Road.

If the weather improves, 40-minute flights will be available after 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Walk-up flights are priced at $385 for Experimental Aircraft Association members and $425 for nonmembers. Ground tour prices are $15 for a family, or $5 per person. The tours are free to children under age 8 and all active military members and veterans.

From Hutchinson, the plane is scheduled to be in Denver Nov. 14 through 16; Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 18 through 19; and in Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 21 through 23.

For more information visit the Web site www.b17.org or call 1-800-359-6217.

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